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Return to the Promised Land (12+)

Armenia, 1991, colour, 87 min.
Director: Harutyun Khachatryan
"Return to the Promised Land” (1991) observes a young Armenian family returning to its battered home and farm in the wake of the great earthquake, the destructive force of which can be seen everywhere, and the breakup of the Soviet Empire, a distant event invisible in the landscape. The family is a real one, filmed from the beginning of the winter to the end of spring, but Khachatryan structures the film as a story–as a silent film, in fact, for there is no dialogue and relatively little sound.

AWARDS

Three prizes at International Festival «Message to Man”, St. Petersburg, 1993; Special Prize at Gyor International Festival, Hungary, May 1993; «The Best Film of the 90s”, Armenian Film Critics Award, 2002; The Best Director Award at «Armenia-Russia” Film Festival, Khapan, Armenia, 2000.

Harutyun Khachatryan

Harutyun Khachatryan

was born in Akhalkalak (Georgia). In 1981 he graduated from the Film Division of the Department of Culture of the Armenian State Pedagogical University. In 1981-1986, he worked as an assistant to director and film-director at the Armenian Documentary Studio and in 1987 – 2005 he worked in Hayfilm aka Armenfilm Studio as Director and Producer.

FILMOGRAPHY

The Voices of the District, 1981; Hosted by the Commander, 1985; Chronicle of a Case, 1985; Three Rounds From Vladimir Yengibaryan’s Life, 1986; Kond, 1987; White Town, 1988; The Wind of Emptiness, 1989; Return to the Promised Land, 1991; The Last Station (Verjin Kayaran), 1994; Documentarist, 2003; Return of the Poet, 2006; Border, 2009; Endless Escape, Eternal Return, 2014; Deadlock, 2016.
Armenia, 1991, colour, 87 min.
Director: Harutyun Khachatryan
"Return to the Promised Land” (1991) observes a young Armenian family returning to its battered home and farm in the wake of the great earthquake, the destructive force of which can be seen everywhere, and the breakup of the Soviet Empire, a distant event invisible in the landscape. The family is a real one, filmed from the beginning of the winter to the end of spring, but Khachatryan structures the film as a story–as a silent film, in fact, for there is no dialogue and relatively little sound.

AWARDS

Three prizes at International Festival «Message to Man”, St. Petersburg, 1993; Special Prize at Gyor International Festival, Hungary, May 1993; «The Best Film of the 90s”, Armenian Film Critics Award, 2002; The Best Director Award at «Armenia-Russia” Film Festival, Khapan, Armenia, 2000.